Chidorigafuchi Moat
park
千鳥ヶ淵緑道
Cherry blossom promenade along the Imperial Palace moat with rowboat rentals.
Chidorigafuchi Moat runs for 700 meters along the northern edge of the Imperial Palace grounds, its high banks originally chosen as a natural defensive feature when Edo Castle was built here. Today, about 140 cherry trees line the path above the moat, most of them Somei-Yoshino, the pale pink hybrid that originated in Tokyo during the late Edo period and spread across Japan. In early spring, the branches arch over the water to form a tunnel of blooms. The path is pleasant year-round, but the moat's name itself refers to the plover, the bird whose shape it traces when seen from above.
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